Attachment for frying pans



' 1,627,099 May 3 1927' c. A. LANDGREN ET A1.

ATTACHMENT FOR FRYING FANS Filed Feb. 11 1926'.

UNITED STATES PATENT i OFFICE.

CHARLES A. LANDGREN AND JULIA A.

LANDGREN, SILVERTON, OREGON.

ATTACHMENT FOR FRYING PANS.

Application mea rebruaryvn, 192s.

This invention relates to attachments for fryingpans and it is an objectof the invention to provide a device of this kind which provides aneffective medium to avoid grease from splattering .when the pan 1s inuse.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this kindadapted to be rested from above directly upon the side walls of theAfrying pan and which is provided with means to collect the grease orthe like which may splash out of the pan during a cooking operation.

The invention consists in the 'details of construction and in thecombination and arrangement of the several parts of' our improvedattachment for a frying pan whereby certain important advantages areattained and the device rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwisemore convenient and advantageous for use7 as willbe hereinafter morefully set forth. i

The novel features of our invention will v hereinafter be definitelyclaimed.

In order that our invention may be the better understood, we will nowproceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawing,wherein Figure l is a vertical sectional View taken through anattachment constructed in ac.- cordance with an embodiment of ourinvention in applied position;

Figure 2 is a view in top plan of the attachment unapplied with the lidremoved.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawing, P denotes a frying pan of aconventional type with which our improved attachment is adapted to beemployed.

As herein disclosed, said attachmentcomprises an annular rim or member lof predetermined height and which has its lower marginal portion definedby an inwardly disposed flange 2 which is adapted to be rested directlyupon the upper edge of the side wall 3 of the pan. This flange2 eX-tends inwardly from the rim or member l and has its inner marginalportion continued by a depending fiange l which is adapted to extendwithin the pan P and have close Contact with the side wall 3 of suchpan. Y f

The inner marginal portion of the flange 2 is also defined by anupstanding fiange 5 of desired height but of a height to terminate adistance below the upper margin of v use by reason of the t limitingourselves Vthe pan, an upstanding Serial No. 87,641.

the rim or member l. The flanges 2 and 5 together with the rim or memberl provide an annular collecting chamber 6 replacing the periphery of thepan P when the attachment vis in applied position and which is adaptedto receive grease or lthe like splattered from the pan P during acooking operation and also to receive the condensation of steam whichmay rise from the pan.

The rim or member l at predetermined points spaced circumferentiallytherearound and at a point below the upper edge of said rim but abovethe flange 5 is provided with t he inwardly directed lugs 7which'provide supports for the lid L. The lid L7 as herein disclosed, isconical in form and having its major diameter such as to permit the baseor lower portion of the lid L to fit substantially snug within the upperportion of the rim or member l and rest upon the lugs 7. VThe rim ormember l also has secured thereto an outstanding and substantially ra- Ydia ly 'disposed handle member 8f During a, cooking operation, grease orthe like which may splatter' from the pan and the steam as condensedwill have a tendency to form on the inner face of the applied lid L anddrain downwardly therefrom into the collecting chamber 6 and thusprevent the grease or the like from being indiscrimi. nately scatteredupon the stove top or elsewhere.

From the foregoing description it is thought to be obvious an attachmentinvention is particularly well adapted for convenience and facility withwhich it may be assembled and operated, and it will also be obviouslthat our vinvention .is-susceptible of some change and modificationwithout departing from the principles and spirit thereof and for thisreason we do not wish to be understood as to the precise arrangement andformation of the several parts herein shown in carrying out ourinvention in practice except as hereinafter claimed.

Ve claim l An attachment for a fryingv pan, comprising. a continuousriim an inwardly disposed iange at the inner edge of said rim adaptedvto rest upon the upper marginal portion of fiange formed upon the Ainneredge of the inwardly disposed for fry- A Y ing pans constructed 1naccorda-nce with our flange in spaced relation with the rim to innerWall of the rim adjacent the upper form an annular Collecting chamber, adeedge thereof and a-oonoal shaped ldhavng pending flange at the inneredge of the ns base'edge adapted to rest upon said lugs. 10 WardlyVdisposed flange adapted to engage In testimony whereof We herennl'oaffix the inner Wall of the pan below the marour signatures.

gnal edge thereof, a plurality ofcircu1n CHARLES A; LANDGREN.ferentially spaced lugs arranged upon the JULIA A. LANDGREN.

